Association Stats

Here are some stats from an association with Jordan added to the Bulls. It looks pretty good except for the game by game scores in the playoffs. Lots of blowouts and some strange upsets.

Results of the simmed season.

This is the NBA, with the exception that Jordan is added to the modern Bulls.

Trades of note:

Bulls traded Deng and a 2012 2nd round pick for Ryan Gomes (Clippers) and a 2011 1st round pick.

Cavs traded Mo Williams for T-Mac and Rip Hamilton (Pistons)

Lakers traded Shannon Brown for Ben Wallace and a 2011 2nd round pick (Pistons)

Spurs traded Hill and Jefferson to the Sun for Steve Nash

Awards

NBA 1st Team:

Jordan
Bryant
James
Carmello
Howard

NBA 2nd Team:

Wade
Monte Ellis
Dirk
Duncan
Kaman

NBA 3rd Team

Rose
Ginobili
Gerald Wallace
Josh Smith
Bogut

All D 1st Team

Wade
Ginobili
G. Wallace
J. Smith
Howard

All D 2nd Team

Evans
Rondo
James
Duncan
Bogut

All Rookie 1st

Turner
Johnson
Davis
Griffin
Favors

All Rookie 2nd

Aldrich
Monroe
Wall
George
Bledsoe

Season Awards screen only shows NBA 1st team, 2nd team etc. Awards like MVP are viewed in the History menu (after seeing them when they show up before the playoffs).

LeBron was the MVP
ROY: Evan Turner
6th Man: Okur
D Player of the Year: G. Wallace
Most Improved: Terence Williams (Nets)
Coach of Year: Thibodeau (Bulls)

Leaders:

PPG
Bryant 31.1
Jordan 29.2
Ellis 28.3
Anthony 27.5
James 27.1

RPG

Howard 12.6
Amare 11.6
Horford 11.1
Bogut 11
Noah 10.9

APG

Rondo 10.5
Kidd 10.1
Williams 8.8
Paul 8.8
Rose 8.1

Heat were the top scoring team with 104.3, Bulls were the best defensive team allowing 91.5 PPG.

Standings (partial)

East:

Bulls 57-25 (won all their games against the Celtics and Heat)
Heat 57-25
Celtics 57-25
Hawks 49-33
Bucks 44-38
Pistons (beat Bulls in all head to head games) 41-41
Knicks 39-43
76'ers 39-43

West:

Mavs 54-28
Lakers 52-30
Nuggets 51-31
Spurs 49-33
Thunder 49-33
Jazzy Jeffs (Jazz) 45-37
Blazers 42-40
Kings 40-42

Worst Records:

Wizards 20-62
Cavs 23-59 (they must be burning LeBron jerseys like crazy)

Playoffs

Round 1

Dallas 4 Kings 1
SA 4 OKC 1
Den 4 UTA 3
LAL 4 Por 1

Bulls 4 Phi 3
Atl 4 Mil 3
Det 4 Bos 2
NY 4 Mia 2 (WHAT!!!???)

Let's take a look at that Mia vs NY series. What in the ding dong world happened?

Game 1 NY won while LeBron scored only 17 and Wade only 16. Game 3 NY held the Heat to 66 points (100-66)! Game 4 NY held the Heat to 78 points (115 - 78). Game 5 was 121 - 69 Heat. Knicks clinched with a 122-93 win in Game 6. Wade had 34 6 6 while LeBron had 31 7 2.

Something isn't only amiss with that, it's awry. NY blew out the Heat in 3 of the 6 playoff games.

In the Detroit Celtics series the Celtics blew them out by 30+ in two of the games. But Detroit won the final two 94-72 and 117-67.

Those don't look very good.

Round 2:

SA 4 Dal 2
Den 4 LAL 3 (Nuggets won game 7 123-84)

Chi 4 Atl 3
NY 4 Det 1

Round 3:

Den 4 SA 3
Chi 4 NY 1

Championship

Chi 4 Den 3 (Bulls won Game 1 by 25, Game 2 by 31, Den won Game 3 by 39, Game 4 by 15, Game 5 by 15, Bulls won Game 6 by 20 and Game 7 by 33.)

Lots of blowouts in the playoffs.

Pistons (beat Bulls in all head to head games) 41-41

I thought Mark Turmell worked for EA now?

Hmm.. the blow outs... damn.

seems like there's a home court advantage dynamic and it's like 10x too strong... (?)

Yes that's what it looks like. The upsets are one thing, but a series in which games are won by 30+ by one team then 30+ by the other team, over and over, should not happen this frequently.

Yes that's what it looks like. The upsets are one thing, but a series in which games are won by 30+ by one team then 30+ by the other team, over and over, should not happen this frequently.

Unless you are the Atlanta Hawks

Think il be leaving the cpu trades off again in my season

I wonder if that to do with something under the hood like progressive fatigue or player roles. I am willing to bet that the coaching sliders had something to do with it too. It sill looks improved from previous years, try it again and see what happens. Look at the regular season matches between ny and Miami.

Actually I like those trades except the Nash one and even that could make sense considering Nash wants to win a ring and the Suns may rebuild without him. Nash and Parker could co-exist and maybe the Spurs do not resign Parker trying to get some capspace for another star ...

Actually I like those trades except the Nash one and even that could make sense considering Nash wants to win a ring and the Suns may rebuild without him. Nash and Parker could co-exist and maybe the Spurs do not resign Parker trying to get some capspace for another star ...

Agreed, trades look pretty solid to me. It's not like it's Kurt Thomas & 2 future 1st Round picks for cap relief. Oh wait a sec, that happened IRL. Game isn't as dumb as real life GM's I guess.

Where's Steve Nash in the assists leaders? How many assists he evert game? (avg.)

Actually I like those trades except the Nash one and even that could make sense considering Nash wants to win a ring and the Suns may rebuild without him. Nash and Parker could co-exist and maybe the Spurs do not resign Parker trying to get some capspace for another star ...

The trade is dumb, if they'd thrown in DeJuan Blair they could have gotten Kobe...

Seriously though, the Suns are coming off a WCF season, I think it's disrespectful that they're considered a rebuilding team. Nash is the franchise player, in the previews they were talking about core players and how teams would only give them up if they get a new 'core' player.. Suns are just dismantling, selling. They have no use for Jefferson whatsoever, and it leaves the Spurs without a decent SF. awful trade imo

Actually I like those trades except the Nash one and even that could make sense considering Nash wants to win a ring and the Suns may rebuild without him. Nash and Parker could co-exist and maybe the Spurs do not resign Parker trying to get some capspace for another star ...

The trade is dumb, if they'd thrown in DeJuan Blair they could have gotten Kobe...

Seriously though, the Suns are coming off a WCF season, I think it's disrespectful that they're considered a rebuilding team. Nash is the franchise player, in the previews they were talking about core players and how teams would only give them up if they get a new 'core' player.. Suns are just dismantling, selling. They have no use for Jefferson whatsoever, and it leaves the Spurs without a decent SF. awful trade imo

they would quickly trade RJeff. He would become quite the journeyman hahah :p
jefferson a decent sf... thats debatable.. also.. Geo Hill is a fantastic Prospect. BUT I think in 2 or so years Dragon Dragic would start..so :S I Dunno. Not muchh logic behind the trade. I would trade nash for a few picks maybe in 2 years :S

The same wild blow outs one way then the other happen each year in the playoffs. The regular season games seem better as far as there being some close games, with 30+ blowouts not being as frequent.

Actually I like those trades except the Nash one and even that could make sense considering Nash wants to win a ring and the Suns may rebuild without him. Nash and Parker could co-exist and maybe the Spurs do not resign Parker trying to get some capspace for another star ...

The trade is dumb, if they'd thrown in DeJuan Blair they could have gotten Kobe...

Seriously though, the Suns are coming off a WCF season, I think it's disrespectful that they're considered a rebuilding team. Nash is the franchise player, in the previews they were talking about core players and how teams would only give them up if they get a new 'core' player.. Suns are just dismantling, selling. They have no use for Jefferson whatsoever, and it leaves the Spurs without a decent SF. awful trade imo

they would quickly trade RJeff. He would become quite the journeyman hahah :p
jefferson a decent sf... thats debatable.. also.. Geo Hill is a fantastic Prospect. BUT I think in 2 or so years Dragon Dragic would start..so :S I Dunno. Not muchh logic behind the trade. I would trade nash for a few picks maybe in 2 years :S

The Trades make sense, I mean, maybe add a pick or two, but besides that it's good